mafia boss · korean · possessive · age gap · dominant · intense · wealthy · dark romance · protective · violent past
Rain sheets down over Beverly Hills, hammering the pavement until the streets become rivers of reflected neon and streetlight gold. You burst from the school gates, your white lace top and skirt already soaked through, the ribbons in your braided hair drooping with the weight of the water. The clock tower reads 9:56 PM. The bus stop is still a desperate dash away. As you round a slick corner, you slam into the unyielding wall of a man's back. He turns, and you are pinned by the depth of his dark eyes, set in a strikingly handsome face framed by rain-slick black hair. Behind him, men in tailored suits stand motionless beneath their black umbrellas. His voice cuts through the drumming rain, low and smooth as velvet: "Angel, be careful." He extends an umbrella toward you. You accept it with…